The Delaware bankruptcy of Springdale’s NanoMech Inc. has taken a bizarre cloak-and-dagger turn: Former CEO Jim Phillips, under oath in September, cited “national security” when refusing to answer questions about 46 transactions that its top financial officer knew only as the “CIA arrangement.” read more >
The $2.9 million sale of a Benton County custom blinds company has left wreckage in its wake, with the buyers filing for personal bankruptcy and the sellers suing the deal’s broker, alleging fraud. read more >
A couple wounded last month in a mass shooting at a Texas Walmart filed suit against the Bentonville retailer, becoming the latest shooting victims to sue a business for failing to protect them. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law said last week that it is starting a Veterans Legal Services Clinic. read more >
Two of Arkansas’ largest retirement funds are looking for law firms to represent them in securities class-action lawsuits, which could mean huge paydays for the firms but not for the funds. read more >
The $12.5 million class-action judgment against a New Jersey man and his business will stand after the Arkansas Supreme Court decided last month not to review the case. read more >
Walmart’s initiative to change its “people greeter” jobs to ones that require more physical labor brought complaints and a lawsuit against the Bentonville retailer over allegations that it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. read more >
Margaret Sova McCabe, the new dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, wants to help law students who want to help others. read more >
A Little Rock attorney fears Aurelius Capital Management’s recent $310 million judgment against Windstream Services LLC of Little Rock could trigger other distressed investors to try a similar legal maneuver. read more >
North Little Rock attorney Nicki Nicolo is getting accustomed to hearing words rarely uttered in a federal courthouse: not guilty. read more >
The lawyer for a New Jersey man ordered to pay $12.5 million for sending an unwanted fax to a Russellville company has asked three judges to turn back time. read more >
A former student recently filed a federal lawsuit alleging Southern Arkansas University mishandled her sexual assault complaint. read more >
The story of Bibi, a purebred puppy who was lost, found, sterilized and adopted, is heading to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. read more >
Adam & Eve, the adult apparel and novelty store, is taking its fight to open a location in Jonesboro to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. read more >
Two of Robert Holitik's newest clients are scrambling to get their retainer money back after Holitik died unexpectedly and without a succession plan for his solo law practice. read more >
North Little Rock attorney Cristina Monterrey has seen what immigration policy under President Donald Trump has meant for her clients in the past year. read more >
An ongoing legal malpractice lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court highlights an issue commonly known as the eternal triangle: the relationship between the insured, the attorney and the insurance company. read more >
Two Arkansas law firms will share an award of $6.5 million in attorneys’ fees for representing plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. It’s one of the largest awards in Arkansas in recent memory. read more >
Tasha and Andy Taylor, the husband-and-wife lawyers who operate the Taylor & Taylor law firm of Little Rock, have sued a Benton law firm with the same name in an attempt to get it to stop using the name and similar logo. read more >
Howard Brill, the renowned University of Arkansas School of Law professor, told a group of attorneys last week that he was troubled by a case involving a Little Rock lawyer who started a GoFundMe campaign to fund a lawsuit. read more >
